Wuhan virus

"Fear can do more harm than the virus itself," Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a nine-minute recorded message on Sunday.

“In a time like this, we should look out for and help one another. Together, we can overcome this obstacle,” says Teo S. S., chairman of SBF.

A worker at an unnamed firm in Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1 has been confirmed as being infected with the virus over the weekend.

“When China catches a cold, Asia turns pale,” says DBS analyst Yeo Kee Yan, adding that the impact of the coronavirus on Singapore could be worse than that of the SARS epidemic in 2003.

Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Co are among more than 70 international aviation companies that have withdrawn from Asia’s largest aerospace and defence conference, which will be held in the city-state starting Feb 11.

 

Budget 2020 is expected to counter economic uncertainty wrought by the coronavirus outbreak without losing sight of the government's longer-term policy goals, say analysts 

The counter slips below the RM3 level to RM2.94 — its lowest since January last year

Q&M says it has not yet been informed by MOH on the outcome of the tests.

Shares in Hong Kong-listed toilet paper producer Vinda International rose as much as 8% to a record high in the morning session.